Preferential feeding on high quality diets decreases methyl mercury of farm-raised common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

Aquaculture

Volumn 338-341, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-110

  Schultz, Sebastian ^a,b   Vallant, Birgit ^c   Kainz, Martin J ^a  

^a Inter University Centre for Aquatic Ecosystem Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Common carp; Methyl mercury; Stable isotopes; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; METHYLMERCURY; POND CULTURE; REARING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VEGETABLE OIL; ZOOPLANKTON;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 84858342776     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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